Improvement in wheels for vehicles



R. R. JONES.

Wheels for Vehicles.

NO. 143,077. PatentedSeptember23,l873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROLLA It. JONES, OF PILLAR POINT, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHEELS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,077, dated September 23, 1873; application filed May 24, 1873.

Oasis A.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROLLA R. JONES, of Pillar Point, in the county of Jefierson and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in VVagon- Wheels, of which the following is a specification A represents the tire; B, the folly O, the spoke D, themetal socket for connecting the spoke to the felly; E, a screw; F, the nut in the fell-y; and G, the cap applied to the felly. The tire is semicircular in form, as in Figure 2, or has its-edges bent inward, so as to enter grooves in the felly, as in Fig. 3. The nut F is inserted in an open cavity, d, in the felly. A sheet-metal cap, G, is then applied over the felly at that point, and its flange f covers the lateral opening of said cavity. The screw E, having a head, 1), passes through nut F and cap G, as shown. The end of the spoketenon rests or abuts on the screw-head. The

sheet-metal socket D is divided longitudinallv to adapt it to be fitted over the screw-head, and is tightly clamped around the nut 12 and around the spoke-tenon by rings or bands I. A leather washer, H, is arranged between the screw-head b and the cap G to lessen wear, and also the shock from concussions, 850.

When it is desired to disconnect the felly and spokes, the bands I are slid ofi' the socket D, and the latter may then be sprung off the head I) of the screw E b.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of divided socket D with the screw E I), nut F, felly B, and spoke 0, said parts being arranged as shown and described.

2. The combination of cap Gr, having flan gos f, with the nut F and felly B, having open recess for said nut, as set forth.

ROLLA REES J ONES.

Witnesses:

WAKEMAN J. DIBBLE, LYMAN AGKERMAN. 

